Miresa
Sign in to saveMiresa is a genus of moths in the family Limacodidae that was first described by Francis Walker in 1855.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- Family
- Limacodidae
- Collections
- YPM, FMNH, ANSP
- Recorded in
- Nepal, Brazil, India, Russia, United States, Colombia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Limacodidae
- Image
- Pl.39-fig.21-Miresa semicalida Hampson, 1910.JPG
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- Category:Miresa
- taxon name
- Miresa
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Miresa
- has host
- Coffea
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Miresa is a genus of moths in the family Limacodidae that was first described by Francis Walker in 1855.
==Description== Palpi not reaching beyond frontal tuft. Antennae of male with serrated distal half, mid and hind tibia with terminal pairs of spurs. Forewings with veins 7, 8 and 9 stalked. Hindwings with veins 6 and 7 on a short stalk or from cell.
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